Neil Whitehead, a professor and chair of UW-Madison’s Department of Anthropology, died Thursday March 22 from a sudden illness. He was 56 years old.
The Los Angeles Police Department has started a criminal investigation into the allegations that John Chadima, former UW-Madison Senior Associate Athletic Director, sexually assaulted a student Athletic Department employee while in a Los Angeles hotel during the Rose Bowl Weekend.
A UW-Milwaukee student died on spring break Saturday after falling from the balcony of the condominium building where he was staying in Panama City Beach, Fla.
In his first appearance on the UW-Madison campus as a U.S. Senate candidate, former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson spoke to UW-Madison’s College Republicans about the national implications of his senate race and encouraged the students to get involved with the campaign.
Federal judges who last week found the new Assembly districts 8 and 9 in southern Milwaukee unconstitutional may now have to redraw the lines themselves.
After meeting with Student Services Finance Committee Chair Sarah Neibart last Wednesday, UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward revised his decision on where some student segregated fees could be spent next fiscal year.
As the April 3 presidential primary approaches, the Republican candidates are bringing their campaigns to Wisconsin, including U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who will visit the UW-Madison campus Thursday.
When a strange “booming” noise awoke citizens in the small town of Clintonville early Monday morning, they were confused. When it happened again Tuesday night, some became irritated.
State lawmakers will have to redraw two Milwaukee Assembly districts because the new maps drawn by the Republican-controlled legislature violated Latino voting rights.
A $10 million plan to redevelop a block of State Street could be dead after months of debate over the fate of numerous historical buildings involved in the project.
Wisconsin gained 4,000 private sector jobs for the second consecutive month and added 8,300 jobs overall in February, though the state’s unemployment rate remained unchanged, according to the latest jobs statistics from the Department of Workforce Development Thursday.
Wisconsin will play host to former Gov. Tommy Thompson and two Republican presidential hopefuls over the next week, as pivotal primary elections loom ahead.
A Madison teenager was arrested after bludgeoning a woman with a sock filled with rocks Wednesday night.
Wisconsin’s Department of Justice once again appealed a judge’s ruling Thursday, attempting to reinstate the recently blocked voter identification law.
UW-Madison officials are investigating a report that students at a Delta Upsilon Fraternity party racially harassed two African-American students last week.
With 2012 graduation under two months away, UW-Madison administrators hope to build on last year’s university record four-year graduation rate of 55.5 percent.
Jack Dengel, a senior from Illinois majoring in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, will be graduating in May after four years of undergraduate study. Since his major will be discontinued in the fall, he had to graduate on time and dedicate most of his coursework to his specialized major. He also pressured himself to graduate in four years to save his parents money and join the work force sooner.
nternational students, who pay the same tuition as those coming from other states are the slowest to graduate.
The Student Activity Center’s Caucus Room stood divided as the newly elected student government representatives were announced Wednesday, with just under half of the winners coming from the “Boop” campaign.
State officials decided Tuesday to investigate whether 11 additional doctors from UW-affiliated hospitals wrote fraudulent sick notes for protesters during last year’s collective bargaining demonstrations.
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